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Author : John R. Burns
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Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (244 download)
Download or read book Superintendents' and Principals' Perceptions of Leadership Effectiveness written by John R. Burns and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Timothy Lynn Bartram
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Total Pages : 132 pages
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Download or read book Perceptions of Small Rural District Principals on Their Superintendent's Effectiveness in Principal Leadership Development written by Timothy Lynn Bartram and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Empirical research has shown a relationship between the school principal's leadership ability as an instructional leader and student learning outcomes. It would be reasonable to assume that the school principal benefits greatly from his or her superintendent sharing his or her knowledge and experience. The purpose of this study was to examine the perceptions of a sample of rural West Texas principals and the frequency and extent to which their superintendent provides them effective professional development and advice on a professional level or setting. Furthermore, the study focused on passive-avoidant, transactional, and transformational leadership styles. This was a mixed-method study utilizing 50 quantitative questions and 7 open-ended qualitative questions. Findings indicate that the principals'' perceptions of their superintendent's leadership style were on average, positive. Research supports that the behavior and actions superintendents used were both transformational and transactional forms of leadership and more often than not encouraged growth and positive outcomes among principals. The principals' perceptions regarding the impact of their superintendent's leadership style(s) on their own professional growth was positive, with results indicating that many superintendents would support and encourage professional and personal growth even where resources were limited.
Author : Rona Samone Simmons
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Total Pages : 404 pages
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Download or read book Effective Principals’ Perceptions of Superintendents’ Instructional Leadership Beliefs, Knowledge, and Practices written by Rona Samone Simmons and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study uses a qualitative methodology to examine effective principal’s perceptions of the instructional leadership beliefs, knowledge, and practices of superintendents and how they impact student achievement and influence principal’s instructional leadership. The study was set in a large, urban school district. Six principals who met the selection criteria as highly effective were chosen as study participants. As the instructional leaders of their schools and subordinates to the superintendent, principals are uniquely positioned to provide valuable insight on their perceptions of superintendents as instructional leaders. The study answered the following research questions: How do effective principals in large, urban school districts in Texas, (1) describe instructional leadership beliefs, knowledge, and practices of superintendents? (2) perceive the impact of their superintendent’s instructional leadership beliefs, knowledge, and practices on student achievement? (3) describe how superintendent’s beliefs, knowledge, and practices as an instructional leader influence their own beliefs, knowledge, and practices as it relates to instructional leadership? (4) make sense of the instructional leadership beliefs, knowledge, and practices of their superintendent? Findings from this study may be used to provide greater clarity to superintendents and school boards members, regarding the role of the superintendent as an instructional leader and the specific beliefs, knowledge, and practices positively impacting student achievement and influencing principal’s instructional leadership.
Author : Andrew Williams Halpin
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Total Pages : 126 pages
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Download or read book The Leadership Behavior of School Superintendents written by Andrew Williams Halpin and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Brandon S. Pardoe
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Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (131 download)
Download or read book Superintendent Perceptions of Effective School Leadership and Its Impact on School Culture at the High School Level written by Brandon S. Pardoe and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This qualitative study investigated superintendent perceptions of effective principal leadership and its impact on school culture in high schools. The three research questions examined superintendents' perceptions on the components of a healthy high school culture, and the qualities that effective principals employ to directly impact the culture of their high schools in their school districts. Thirty-nine superintendents from across central and northeastern Pennsylvania participated in this study and completed the researcher developed online survey. Of those, five participated in a telephone interview with the researcher. The findings from the research revealed that superintendents perceive that effective principal leadership does influence the culture of high schools. The results from the study implicated identifiable qualities and strategies of principals that superintendents expect to enhance the school culture of high schools located in their school districts. These qualities and strategies include principal risk taking, continuous professional development, and the ability to communicate a clear vision and mission of the school. These findings may provide valuable information to superintendents and other school administrators to help inform decisions on how to effectively improve the culture of their high schools and improve student learning in their own school systems.
Author : Clifford Byron Wilson
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Total Pages : 380 pages
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Download or read book Superintendents' and Principals' Perceptions of Leadership Domains for Evaluating Principals' Performance written by Clifford Byron Wilson and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ABSTRACT: For an evaluation system to be effective, both the evaluator and the evaluatee must agree on the theoretical importance and practical relevance of the criteria and have confidence in the evaluator to apply these criteria. This study describes differences and correlations between the perceptions of superintendents and principals with respect to the theoretical importance, practical relevance, and confidence they both have in a superintendent's ability to evaluate principals in the four domains of leadership included in North Carolina's new principals' evaluation system: instructional, organizational, moral/ethical, and managerial leadership. The study surveyed superintendents and their principals in school districts in North Carolina that had enrollments between 5,000 and 25,000 students in 1998-99. The total respondent group included 47 superintendents and 518 principals. Descriptive statistics, hierarchical linear modeling, t-tests, and correlations were used to analyze the superintendents' and principals' perceptions. Seven major conclusions were derived from the study's extensive findings. Most important of these, both superintendents and principals consider the four leadership domains to be more theoretically important to being an effective principal than practically relevant to the daily tasks of a principal, and the confidence ratings of both groups are not as high as their importance and relevance ratings. Furthermore, the confidence ratings of principals are significantly lower than those of superintendents. With a few specific exceptions, these perceptions do not vary with demographic or experience variables.
Author : John Sidney Bell
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Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (83 download)
Download or read book The Relationship Between Teachers' and Principals' Perceptions of Leadership Effectiveness as They Relate to Student Achievement in Alabama written by John Sidney Bell and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert J. Marzano
Publisher : Solution Tree Press
ISBN 13 : 1935542362
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (355 download)
Download or read book District Leadership That Works written by Robert J. Marzano and published by Solution Tree Press. This book was released on 2009-11-01 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bridge the great divide between distanced administrative duties and daily classroom impact. This book introduces a top-down power mechanism called defined autonomy, a concept that focuses on district-defined, nonnegotiable, common goals and a system of accountability supported by assessment tools. Defined autonomy creates an effective balance of centralized direction and individualized empowerment that allows building-level staff the stylistic freedom to respond quickly and effectively to student failure.
Author : John C. Lehnen
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Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (125 download)
Download or read book Superintendent/principal Perception of Effective Leadership Behaviors/practices in Small Rural School Districts in Wisconsin written by John C. Lehnen and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: People who serve in the dual role of superintendent and principal are very unique, typically serving as the lone leader in the smallest of rural school districts. Research on rural school district leadership tends to be lacking when compared to suburban or urban school leadership. The literature review highlights the demands and challenges of rural school district leadership in history to the most recent studies done on superintendents, principals and superintendent/principals. Although superintendent/principals may be small in number, they are no less important than large district superintendents. The purpose of this study was to provide an analysis of the perceptions of superintendent/principals on how they fulfill their dual role responsibilities with effective leadership behaviors/practices as one administrator in a small rural school district in the state of Wisconsin. The theoretical framework details the behaviors/practices that fulfill the areas of responsibility of superintendents and principals from two separate meta-analysis research studies. Additionally, the framework included support for the meta-analysis research on superintendent leadership responsibilities and practices from another major study done in a rural context. The researcher employed descriptive quantitative research methods using survey research aligned to the theoretical framework. Forty-nine superintendent/principals out of 53 possible participants in the state of Wisconsin answered a 115 item survey on behaviors/practices that reflected their actual behaviors/practices in their school district. Overall, the findings show, despite the numerous challenges of small rural district leadership, superintendent/principals perceived themselves positively, more completely meeting their superintendent and principal responsibilities with effective behaviors/practices than not. The researcher also analyzed the data for significant differences in superintendent/principal’s scores on behaviors/practices to compare/contrast with the research presented in the review of literature or theoretical framework. The most interesting conclusion was the importance of “Defined Autonomy” and what it means to a superintendent/principal for overall success in leading a small rural school district. This research study provided several implications for the future. Despite the challenges of the dual role, superintendent/principals must stay focused on effective behaviors/practices that meet their responsibilities, connect to their communities and parents, and develop trusting relationships with all constituents.
Author : Edith Jane Martin
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Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (51 download)
Download or read book Perceptions of Effective Secondary Principal Instructional Leadership Behaviors by Principals, Superintendents, and Board Presidents written by Edith Jane Martin and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Katie Tosh
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Total Pages : 4 pages
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Download or read book Perceptions of School Leadership written by Katie Tosh and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Effective principal leadership practices improve school organization, teaching, and student achievement outcomes. These practices include framing and communicating a school's goals and mission, creating shared expectations of high performance, clarifying roles and objectives, and promoting professional development. However, research demonstrates that teachers tend to rate principals lower on important leadership practices than principals rate themselves, and this mismatch in perception could have negative consequences. Numerous studies in the fields of human resources and organizational management reveal that leader self-awareness-when leader self-perception is in agreement with what subordinates perceive-is directly related to leadership effectiveness. The degree to which leaders rate themselves more highly than do subordinates correlates with diminished organizational outcomes, including reduced subordinate job satisfaction and productivity. Specific to education, negative teacher perception of school leadership correlates with teacher burnout and reduced teacher collaboration. We used data from the RAND Corporation's web-based American Educator Panels to gather nationally representative evidence of whether perceptions of school leadership practices vary by educator position. We find that principals almost universally rate themselves as effective, but a minority of teachers disagree.
Author : Pamela Murphy Helms
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Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (881 download)
Download or read book Effective Leadership written by Pamela Murphy Helms and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A small public school system in the piedmont of North Carolina was the setting for this study. Individual school data, as well as aggregated data from studied schools were analyzed in order to form overall conclusions of perceptions of leadership within the district. Schools were grouped according to the age of the student (elementary K-5, secondary 6-12) in an effort to provide the opportunity for further data analyses. -- The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the principals' self-reported leadership behaviors and the teachers' perceptions of the principals' leadership behaviors using Kouzes and Posner's Leadership Practices Inventory based on the Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership. The researcher disaggregated data to determine the area(s) in which principals perceive themselves strong or weak, and compared those perceptions to the views teachers hold. The researcher also disaggregated data to determine the relationship of perceptions of leadership at elementary and secondary levels. There was also a focus on leadership perceptions based on gender and teacher experience level to determine if either of those affect teachers' perceptions of principal leadership. -- Through collecting questionnaire research and surveys of principals and teachers, these quantitative data were analyzed to determine if there was a gap between teacher perception of leadership behaviors and leaders' self-perceived behaviors.
Author : Daphne Kirkpatrick
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Download or read book The Impact of Pennsylvania Department of Education's Principal Effectiveness Framework for Leadership written by Daphne Kirkpatrick and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The recent focus on principal effectiveness, and in particular the development of the Framework for Leadership instrument to measure a principals effectiveness, provides cause to investigate the impact of this implementation on district superintendents in Pennsylvania. Currently, a modest amount of research exists regarding superintendent roles and responsibilities around effective district leadership; however, little is available that focuses the superintendents responsibility specific to the evaluation and support of the principal to become a better instructional leader. This qualitative research study explored the perceptions of 44 superintendents working in school districts across three Intermediate Units in the central region of Pennsylvania. The two primary means of collecting data included surveys and interviews. Surveys were completed by 44 superintendents, and from the survey data, 19 superintendents were selected to participate in a brief interview.The findings show that the Framework for Leadership provides superintendents with a tool that can be used to guide conversations about effectiveness, provide feedback on particular areas of need, and promote the growth of principals where necessary; however, findings also reveal that superintendent roles and responsibilities are often so overwhelming that instructional leadership is often not a thought that is first and foremost in their thinking. There were three primary implications revealed in this study. First, this study contributes to recent research in support of principal supervisor positions, particularly as these positions related to school districts located in rural Pennsylvania. This is a significant area of need when considering how superintendents in this region of the state are responsible for covering a multitude of responsibilities as leaders in their positions. Second, this study confirms the importance of superintendents involvement in professional learning. This professional learning is especially important when considering implementations of new supervisory and evaluation tools. Finally, this study contributes to the literature in support of the importance of superintendents as essential for supporting principals to become more effective school leaders.
Author : Stephen Joseph Poling
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Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (659 download)
Download or read book Superintendents' Leadership Behaviors for DIBELS Implementation: A Comparative Case Study of Principals' and Superintendents' Perceptions written by Stephen Joseph Poling and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Current school reforms under No Child Left Behind (NCLB, 2001) call for effective leadership from federal and state levels and across the school district from the superintendent to the school level to improve student learning. Part of the complexity of NCLB is greater superintendent accountability for increased student learning, which necessitates new conceptions of superintendent leadership behaviors. An unexplored area of educational research involves elementary principals' and superintendents' perceptions of superintendents' leadership behaviors and perceptions of superintendents' leadership behaviors for Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS) implementation. Additionally, an unexplored area of educational research is the comparison of elementary principals' perceptions of superintendent leadership behaviors with superintendents' self-reported leadership behaviors. The purpose of this study was to examine principals' and superintendents' perceptions of superintendents' leadership behaviors for DIBELS implementation. This mixed methods comparative case study used Q-methodology, and principals' and superintendents' interviews. Field observations and document analysis enriched the descriptions and understandings of superintendent leadership in this study. Findings indicated superintendents set defensible directions and influenced principals to implement DIBELS. Superintendents provided a leadership support network for principals comprised of mid-level district administrators. The relationships in this network, coupled with supports and resources in the network, gave principals access to social capital for DIBELS implementation.
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Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (137 download)
Download or read book Superintendent and Principal Perceptions of Superintendent Instructional Leadership Practices in Improving School Districts written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this study was to investigate the instructional leadership practices of a statewide sample of Arizona school superintendents. Superintendents' practices in 12 areas were analyzed in relation to the degree of district academic improvement over a three-year period, the relative size of the district, and the gender of the superintendent. Differences in principal-superintendent perceptions were also analyzed to determine the extent of these differences, and their correspondence to the level of academic improvement achieved by districts. Among superintendents that had served in the current district for at least three years, there were significant differences in their reported involvement in 2 of 12 areas. Superintendents in higher-performing districts reported being more involved in planning for instruction and developing principals as instructional leaders. While male and female superintendents reported similar instructional leadership practices, female superintendents reported being more involved in reviewing research and developing instructional policies. Male superintendents reported being more involved in developing principals as instructional leaders. Superintendents in districts of different sizes responded similarly to the survey. The one exception was in the area of supervising instruction, in which superintendents in medium-sized districts reported being less involved. There were significant differences in the views of superintendents' instructional leadership held by principals and superintendents. On the whole, principals perceived superintendents as being less involved in instructional leadership than did superintendents themselves. There were significant differences between the responses of the subjects of this study and Watts' 1992 study. Superintendents in the present study reported being significantly more involved in seven instructional leadership tasks than their 1992 counterparts. The findings from this study may be of use to superintendents as they consider the many responsibilities they face in providing leadership for their districts. These findings may also be of interest to researchers who are concerned with better understanding the instructional leadership role of the school superintendent.
Author : Gregory J. Kaiser
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Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (184 download)
Download or read book Beginning and Experienced Teachers' Perceptions of Principal Leadership Effectiveness written by Gregory J. Kaiser and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mardella B. Alexander
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Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (322 download)
Download or read book Teachers' and Principals' Perceptions of the Principals' Leadership Styles Related to Effective Schools written by Mardella B. Alexander and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
